Commments on a Fox News report on possible amnesty cuts

I wrote this on 6/28 (Link) in a thread about a FoxNews report on possible amnesty cuts
I don't understand Jalen Rose (Toronto), Theo Ratliff (Portland) and Raef LaFrentz (Boston). Cutting the player only makes sense if the team is over the luxury tax level. According to HoopsHype, Toronto is at $47 mill in salaries, Portland at $49 mil, and Boston at $46 mil. Portland can get lower by not renew Van Exel's contract (as expected). Those teams are going to add draft picks, re-sign some free agents and sign some new ones, but I don't see them going high enough in payroll to make eating Rose's, Ratliff's or LaFrentz's salary worthwhile.